A simple nginx/webdav setup for use with things like mobile-org

simple-nginx-webdav.sh

#!/bin/sh

# on ubuntu: need some utils & dev libs
sudo apt-get install apache2-utils openssl libssl-dev libpcre3-dev

# compile nginx
cd /tmp
curl http://nginx.org/download/nginx-0.7.64.tar.gz | tar xz
cd nginx*
./configure --with-http_ssl_module --with-http_dav_module \
  --prefix=$HOME/nginx
make && make install

# generate an htpasswd file
htpasswd -c ~/.htpasswd $(whoami)

# ssl
openssl genrsa 1024 > ~/nginx/conf/server.key
openssl req -new -x509 -nodes -sha1 -days 365 \
    -key ~/nginx/conf/server.key > ~/nginx/conf/server.crt

# configure
cat > ~/nginx/conf/nginx.conf <<EOF
events {
  worker_connections 1024;
}
http {
  include mime.types;
  default_type application/octet-stream;
  ssl_certificate server.crt;
  ssl_certificate_key server.key;
  auth_basic "Restricted";
  auth_basic_user_file $HOME/.htpasswd;
  dav_methods put delete mkcol copy move;
  dav_access user:rw;
  create_full_put_path on;
  server {
    listen 1080;
    listen 1443 ssl;
    location ~ ^/org(/.*)?$ {
      alias $HOME/org/mobile\$1;
    }
  }
}
EOF

# now you can start nginx
~/nginx/sbin/nginx

# and then sync w/ org-mobile-push/pull & mobileorg sync
# URL: http://<my-nginx-ip-addr>:1080/org/index.org
# or use
# URL: https://<my-nginx-ip-addr>:1443/org/index.org
# and your username and password you used above for htpasswd